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© 2025. The Book of Genesis contains mostly historical accounts, but it also includes the origin of laws that God later gave to the Hebrews in their scripture. One prohibited eating meat with blood in it (Genesis 9:4, and later Deuteronomy 12:23), another commanded circumcising their males (Genesis 17:10-14, and later Leviticus 12:3). Although God blessed the 7th Day of the week, Saturday, in Genesis 2:3 it was later given to the Hebrews to observe as their Sabbath Day law i

© 2025. Only God could have authentically originated the creation account in Genesis 1 because it started in the "beginning" before humans existed. The majestic literary descriptive style of vv1,3-4,6,9,11,14,20,24,26 and first-person verb tense used by God in vv26,29-30 suggest this was God's own creation account. However, much of this account was recorded in third person (eg., “And God said”…) so God must have revealed it to a human who preserved it (below). God’s name, Heb

This commentary factually explains what God did in the creation events: First, the complete Genesis 1 account is rationally summarized by including trustworthy observational science. Then, the creation of the universe is fully described (from both perspectives) by combining the few scripture verses about the "beginning" with supportive astronomical discoveries (not theories). Introduction: The commentary, Authorship of the Hebrew Law, presented substantial evidence from scri